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"Untitled" (Watts Towers), by Ryan Dickey, Wallula Junction/Flickr, 2009
The Watts Towers, a towering cathedral of folk art built as a passion project by Simon Rodilla, an Italian immigrant, are one of my favorite things about Los Angeles. I'd lived in the region for years before finding out about them in the companion book to Jacob Bronowski's BBC series The Ascent of Man. I was reminded of it all by this headline yesterday: Budget Cuts Threaten a Hidden Treasure in Watts. Part and parcel to the threat is that few Angelinos visit the Towers; when people come, they're usually foreign tourists.
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